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Ewa Plonka, Antonio Poli, & Anthony D. Anderson to Perform at the Lincoln Memorial

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(Photo credit: Philipp Rohner & Kyrre Kristoffersen) Italian conductor Alvise Casellati will lead the annual Opera Italiana is in the Air concert at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. For the third year, professional opera singers and a full orchestra will perform under the baton of Casellati at the Nation’s capital. This year, featured performers in “Opera’s Unexpected Moment” include soprano {…}

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Carmela Remigio, Antonio Poli & Alex Esposito Highlight Teatro dell’Opera di Roma’s Digital Concerts

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The Teatro dell’opera di Romas has announced its December programming for its Teatro Digitale. The theater announced that in addition to the opening night production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” the company will present three concerts via its YouTube channel. The series opens with Daniele Gatti conducting Bach’s Overture No. 2 for flute and orchestra with Matteo Evangelisti, Ravel’s “Le {…}

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Giuseppina Bridelli & Antonio Poli Lead Teatro la Fenice’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’

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On Sept. 4 the Teatro la Fenice will begin its fall season with Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas.” The opera is set to star Giuseppina Bridelli as Dido and Antonio Poli as Aeneas alongside Michela Antenucci, Martina Licari, Valeria Girardello, Lara Lagni, Chiara Brunello, and Matteo Roma with conductor Tito Ceccherini leading the work. Giovanni Di Cicco will direct the production. {…}

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Maria Mudryak, Antonio Poli To Headline Opera Italiana Is In the Air Concert In NYC

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(Credit: Maria Mudryak’s Official Instagram) Opera Italiana is in the Air has announced that it will be returning to Naumburg Bandshell in Central Pak on July 1, 2019. The free outdoor concert will feature the music of Rossini, Verdi, and Puccini with such artists as tenor Antonio Poli and soprano Maria Mudryak. Moreover, 11-year-old composer and singer Paloma Dineli Chesky {…}

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Antonio Pappano & Lise Davidsen Lead Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ Revival

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(Credit: Richard Termine/Metropolitan Opera) On Oct. 26, the Metropolitan Opera will revive Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” The legendary production by Otto Schenk will see the highly anticipated return of Antonio Pappano to the Met after 25 years. Pappano, who is the Music Director of London’s Royal Opera, last conducted at the Met in 1997. The new revival will also {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2024-25 Review: La Bohème

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(Photos: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera’s “La Bohème” celebrated a new season of success thanks to Kensho Watanabe at the podium and a stunning cast of favorites, including Ailyn Pérez, Dmytro Popov, Boris Pinkhasovich, Bogdan Talos, Emily Pogorelc, Gihoon Kim, and Donald Maxwell. Conductor Kensho Watanabe’s Midas Touch Conductor Kensho Watanabe, who made his Met debut with {…}

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Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024 Review: The 15th Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition

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  (Photo credit: © Wibmer) The Pietro Antonio Cesti Competition is a major annual highlight in the world of baroque opera that takes place at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, featuring young baroque singers from all over the world. This year’s competition was full of exciting and inspiring moments that OperaWire had the honor of experiencing live. The audience {…}

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Maria Brea, Eugenia Forteza, Wagner Pástor, & Antonio Azpiri in Westminster Faculty Recital Series ‘Ritmos y Raíces: Celebrating Latin American Music’

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(Photo credits: Brea & Osber) Westminster has announced its Faculty Recital Series “Ritmos y Raíces: Celebrating Latin American Music.” This program features works by contemporary composers Guido López Gavillán, Miguel Astor, Darwin Aquino, Johanny Navarro, and Ernesto Cordero, along with songs from Brazil, Haiti, Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. Performers include sopranos Maria Brea and Andrea Salazar; mezzo-sopranos Melisa Bonetti {…}

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Monteverdi Festival Cremona 2024 Review: Polittico Monteverdiano

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(Photo: Paolo Cisi) For what was the third presentation in a crowded evening of events, Cremona’s Monteverdi Festival scheduled a performance of a selection of the composer’s madrigals, culminating with “Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda.” It was, however, not presented as a concert but as a staged performance in the form of an opera, entitled “Polittico Monteverdiano,” put together {…}